How many times a day should they be eating cecotropes?

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- 09/28/2020 at 5:44 PM
  Bu20055
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  Hi guys! I was curious about this because my girl eats hers multiple times a day, yet I’ve heard they usually eat them at night? How often do they eat their cecotropes? Is multiple times a day bad?
  
  Thanks guys. Also sorry if I spelt cecotropes wrong I have no idea how to spell it lol
- 09/28/2020 at 7:30 PM
  LBJ10
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  They can eat them throughout the day. Nothing wrong with that.
- 09/28/2020 at 8:05 PM
  HipHopBunny
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  “How often do they eat their cecotropes?”
  
  24/7! 😆
- 10/01/2020 at 5:33 AM
  Bam
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  They can absolutely eat their cecotropes, which you have spelled correctly, at any time, really. Cecotropes used to be called night droppings, but rabbits definitely often eat them during the day as well. There’s a neuronal signal that alerts the bun when a cecotrope is on the way, and the bun responds by reaching down and eating the emerging cecotrope. This is all fine, healthy and great 🙂
- 10/02/2020 at 5:44 AM
  Starlightbunny
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  Yeah, Starlight eats them quite often. Usually afternoon and when I’m sleeping. So yes I’d say multiple times is normal.
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